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First commissioned on 23 May, 2012, ''Roland'' launched in [[Tenth Fleet]] under the command of [[LCDR]] Jack Yeager. <ref name="BSD120502">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1205-02]]</ref> Under this crew, HMS ''Roland'' had the distinction of being the first commissioned chapter within that fleet, and for special dedication, was awarded the RMU along with the rest of TG91.1; she was assigned to said task group by Naval Directive 14JU-01 on 17 June, 2014<ref name="ND14JU01">[[Naval Directive 14JU-01]]</ref> and subsequently as a part of [[Destroyer Division 231]] within that formation<ref name="ND16JUN01">[[Orders:Naval Directive 16JUN-01]]</ref>. Further, they grew the fleet with the launch of HM Pinnace Roland-One, which subsequently became {{hms|Artemis|BC-592}} before expanding again into {{hms|Medusa|SD-316}}. While active, this chapter attended and participated in [[FleetEx_FresCon_2016|FresCon]]. This iteration was placed into the Active Reserve on 23 August, 2016, as the chapter upgraded to the ''Invictus''-class [[Superdreadnought]] {{hms|Intractable|SD-459}} <ref name="BSD1608-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1608-07]]</ref>. | First commissioned on 23 May, 2012, ''Roland'' launched in [[Tenth Fleet]] under the command of [[LCDR]] Jack Yeager. <ref name="BSD120502">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1205-02]]</ref> Under this crew, HMS ''Roland'' had the distinction of being the first commissioned chapter within that fleet, and for special dedication, was awarded the RMU along with the rest of TG91.1; she was assigned to said task group by Naval Directive 14JU-01 on 17 June, 2014<ref name="ND14JU01">[[Naval Directive 14JU-01]]</ref> and subsequently as a part of [[Destroyer Division 231]] within that formation<ref name="ND16JUN01">[[Orders:Naval Directive 16JUN-01]]</ref>. Further, they grew the fleet with the launch of HM Pinnace Roland-One, which subsequently became {{hms|Artemis|BC-592}} before expanding again into {{hms|Medusa|SD-316}}. While active, this chapter attended and participated in [[FleetEx_FresCon_2016|FresCon]]. This iteration was placed into the Active Reserve on 23 August, 2016, as the chapter upgraded to the ''Invictus''-class [[Superdreadnought]] {{hms|Intractable|SD-459}} <ref name="BSD1608-07">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 1608-07]]</ref>. | ||
HMS ''Roland'' recommissioned on 10 June | HMS ''Roland'' recommissioned on 10 June 2017 in the [[Second Fleet]] under [[LCDR]] Jeffry M. Ellis, transferring {{hmlac|Caleb|LAC-013}} to the reserve fleet. She was decommissioned on 4 January 2020, her crew transferred to {{hmss|Greenwich|SS-001}}.<ref name="BSD200106">[[Orders:BuShips Directive 2001-06]]</ref> | ||
===Commanding Officers=== | ===Commanding Officers=== | ||